IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcli/v2y2012i5d10.1038_nclimate1419.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

High sensitivity of the continental-weathering carbon dioxide sink to future climate change

Author

Listed:
  • E. Beaulieu

    (Géoscience Environnement Toulouse (GET), CNRS-Université de Toulouse III)

  • Y. Goddéris

    (Géoscience Environnement Toulouse (GET), CNRS-Université de Toulouse III)

  • Y. Donnadieu

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-Orme des Merisiers)

  • D. Labat

    (Géoscience Environnement Toulouse (GET), CNRS-Université de Toulouse III)

  • C. Roelandt

    (Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
    Bjerknes Center for Climate Research)

Abstract

This modelling study shows that chemical weathering of continental surfaces—which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—is highly sensitive to a carbon dioxide doubling for the Mackenzie River Basin, the most important Arctic watershed. The findings highlight the potential role of chemical weathering processes in mitigating global warming.

Suggested Citation

  • E. Beaulieu & Y. Goddéris & Y. Donnadieu & D. Labat & C. Roelandt, 2012. "High sensitivity of the continental-weathering carbon dioxide sink to future climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(5), pages 346-349, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate1419
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1419
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1419
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nclimate1419?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Beaulieu, Emilie & Pierret, Marie-Claire & Legout, Arnaud & Chabaux, François & Goddéris, Yves & Viville, Daniel & Herrmann, Agnès, 2020. "Response of a forested catchment over the last 25 years to past acid deposition assessed by biogeochemical cycle modeling (Strengbach, France)," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 430(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate1419. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.